Family stories: Dealing with the cost of college

Three families share their stories about meeting the challenge of paying for college.

Paying for college: Common vocabulary

Lenders may lead students to ‘debt, despair’

The lending industry does have some unscrupulous players, but students also must become smart consumers.

Maine 11th-graders show mixed results in SAT scores

High school juniors improve their math and writing scores from last year, but reading scores are down. Statewide, students' science scores also are up.

Is UNE ready for football with a team of its own?

The school plans to add the sport on the Biddeford campus by 2017, hoping to boost its image and enrollment, build community and enhance academic programs.

Oakland’s RSU 18 gets $44K for farm-to-school menus

The U.S. Department of Agriculture money is a planning grant that will be used to set up a local-food program for the five-town school district.

National college faculty organization to investigate USM cuts

The group, which lobbies on behalf of academics, plans to send a team because the changes 'seem to be much more far-reaching than those we've seen before.'

New round of USM cuts targets 14 non-faculty jobs, capital projects

Officials also plan to revamp research programs and tap reserve funds as they close a projected $16 million budget gap for the next fiscal year.

Madison students host 25th annual free Thanksgiving dinner

Students at Madison Area Memorial High School celebrated an early Thanksgiving Tuesday by preparing and serving dinner for area senior citizens.

Bath, West Bath agree to settle school funding dispute

West Bath has agreed to accept a $1.25 million cash settlement in a dispute over cost sharing in the RSU 1 school district.